Sri Lanka clinched their First women’s Asia Cup title beating India by 8 wickets at the Grand finals of the T20 Women’s Asia Cup played at the Rangiri Damubulla International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Attapattu was sailing towards Sri Lanka’s their first ever T20 Asia Cup title nevertheless India came back to the game by removing her for 61.
Batting first after winning the toss, India set up 165/6 in 20 overs against Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup final at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday.
A half-century from Smriti Mandhana and laudable cameos from Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh helped India put up a sizeable total.
India have lorded over their opponents in this continental showpiece. On the other hand, Sri Lanka too are undefeated in this event.
Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma have scored well in excess of 100 runs and at a healthy strike-rate of over 140, giving India solidity and quick starts alike at the top. But the management could be even more pleased with the way bowlers responded to the challenge, particularly Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh.
Deepti is the leading wicket-taker of this event with nine wickets and Renuka is third on the chart with seven scalps. But their economy rate across four matches has been brilliant – 4.37 and 4.31 respectively. It ensured that the opposition batters have no breathing space at the top or in the middle-overs, phases when Renuka and Deepti often operate.
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